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deplume
de·plume
[
dee plm
]
(
past and past participle
de·plumed
,
present participle
de·plum·ing
,
3rd person present singular
de·plumes
)
transitive verb
Definition:
pluck feathers:
to remove the feathers from a bird
[
15th century. Via French< medieval Latin
deplumare
< Latin
pluma
"down, feather"
]
de·plu·ma·tion
[
d ploo máysh'n
]
noun
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de·plu·ma·tion [ d ploo máysh'n ] noun
